[fpc-pascal] Preview: New Website layout

[Marco van de Voort]

Op 2-9-2026 om 21:55 schreef Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal:
>>> Read my previous answer to this. It was removed deliberately.
>>> A 'news' item from 2024 spells 'This project is dead'.
>>
>> The absence of releases signals that more than anything.
>
> Oh really ?
>
> Why do you think I am advocating 6-monthly releases?

I dunno. Maybe you like increasing numbers ?

> And who is telling me time and again that they serve no purpose or 
> cannot reasonably be done in FPC?

I dunno, but it wasn't me.

I argued to first see how you accelerate the current process, before 
picking out arbitrary timetables from thin air and saving a few days on 
build time?

As an answer I only got more "auto-build system will fix everything" 
mantras. But build time never was the reason why a mere point release 
was multiple years overdue.

Accelerating releases is about more than just generating automated 
snapshots with an updated versions and then blessing them as release and 
having an automated notice on the website. It is also the process to 
actually have something in the branches to release, and continuously 
maintaining the distance between somewhat stable and bleeding edge.

> When we have the 6-monthly releases, we'll have something to announce 
> regularly. Then we can reconsider a news section.
>
> Until that miracle comes to pass: in FPC the news section is 
> counterproductive, the evidence of that has been staring our users in 
> the face for ~20 years. 

I disagree, you are basically killing the official communication channel 
with the widest reach, which doesn't require subscriptions or sorting 
through systems with a lot of content (and mostly not authoritative 
content) like forum and wiki.